Not Bitter About The Butter

Jul. 13th, 2025 03:00 pm
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A woman is trying to return a 48-oz jar of peanut butter. She doesn't have a receipt, but the jar is unopened, so normally I could give her store credit. However, I have worked here for several years, and we have never sold that size of peanut butter.

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The NeverEnding Trauma

Jul. 13th, 2025 02:30 pm
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Sister-In-Law: "Oh yeah, I just threw on an old movie. They love it."
My Wife: *Knowing our youngest can be a bit sensitive.* "Uh… what movie?"
Sister-In-Law: "It's one from when I was young. Don't worry; it's very family friendly."
My Wife: "That's great, but what movie?"

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Sunday Sweets: C'est Bon!

Jul. 13th, 2025 01:00 pm
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Bonjour, mon amis! Today's sweets are mostly inspired by Marie Antoinette, so you know what that means: Prepare your eyeballs for an over-the-top feast of excessiveness!

(And no, we won't be having any gruesome headless sweets commemorating Marie's rather gruesome end. Sheesh. Get your mind out of the guillotine.)

Yep, it's all decadence and girliness from here on out! And yay for that, because have I mentioned I've been helping my husband Matt at football camp all week? Yes, I've been sharing a house with 25 teenage boys for the last five days. I could use a little girliness up in here.

 

Fortunately this first beauty is a sight for my pink-deprived eyes:

By Cakes By Tess

And how appropriate that it includes a fabulous fondant fan, because I'm already feeling the need to fan myself!

[Swoon!] Such loveliness!

 

And here's the lady of the hour herself...

By CakeCentral member Lindasuus

...sweetly putting to shame every Barbie-torso-stuffed-in-a-cake ever made.

 

This one is so absolutely flawless and stunning, I'm convinced it doesn't really exist.

By Cake Coquette (More detail shots at the link)

We've all just collectively dreamed it or something. (We have excellent imaginary taste, you and I!)

 

Now here's a solution to that pesky problem of how to hide plastic cake pillars: Simply pipe a decorative cage of icing between the tiers for an elaborate camouflaging exoskeleton of awesomeness!

By Edible Art by Kate

Er, on second thought, you might want to just leave that to the pros.

 

I thought this Fabergé Egg cake was a winner on its own ... (Seriously, doesn't it look like a 1st place trophy to you? Or is that the football camp talking?)

...but then I scrolled down and realized the egg was only one quarter of the whole cake!

By Fire and Icing

Wow. The layers look like carved marble or porcelain, and I love those unique shapes, too. It's hard to believe the tiers wouldn't shatter when you went to cut a slice!

 

I think more food should be adorned with edible pink tassels, don't you?

By Deborah Hwang Cakes

I love this color scheme so much; fun, flirty, and fit for a queen. I bet ol' M.A. would lose her head over it!

 

Oooh, sorry Marie. Too soon?

Submitted by Anne Marie B. and made by Rosey Confectionary Sugar Art

Oh, don't stare at me with that doleful expression. Turn your attention instead to the amazing miniature dessert table in your boudoir. And hey, is that rug edible too? Incredible.

 

Here comes another amazing egg cake. I'm not really sure if fancy eggs are a Marie Antoinette thing, but they're both similarly lavish, so it works for me.

By Cakes Du Soleil

Just gorgeous. If I was serving this cake, I don't think I'd let them eat it, youknowwhatI'msayin?
(Like "Let them eat cake?" Marie's famous line? You know? Yes? Never mind.)

 

This is probably my favorite cake today:

Submitted by Devon C; by Cake Opera Co.

I thought it was Marie masquerading as a... um... masquerader, while holding a kangaroo for fun, but the website informs me that this is actually an 18th century French figurine, masked to conceal her illicit rendezvous, and juxtaposed by the fawn in her arms meant to represent birth and innocence.

So, I was close.

 

All of these fanciful confections make me want to host a Marie Antoinette party! How about you? Here's a checklist of everything we need:

By Cakes by Erin

Powdered wigs, macarons, frilly shoes, masks, more fancy eggs (I guess they really are a thing) tiny top hats, (pretty sure that's NOT a thing, but I'll go with it), and of course, cake!

 

Does this cake remind you of a hot-air balloon, too?

Submitted by Promise W. and made by Ganache Patisserie

And did you know that the first manned hot-air balloon ride took place in front of Marie Antoinette and the French court? And that it was "manned" by a sheep, a rooster, and a duck?

True story.

Here's another one: this cake is fantastic! Do you see the little movie-scene applique? Too cool.

 

I'm not sure how inspired by Marie Antoinette this final cake is, but it's incredible. At over three feet tall and almost two feet wide, I'm pretty sure this is the cake they serve you when you die and go to heaven:

By Sweet Thing Black Orchid

Oh, wait. Actually this is the signature cake for the Hilton Hotel in Silver Spring. Which, after a week at football camp, sounds enough like heaven to me.

Happy Sunday!

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If today's Sweets are right up your style alley, then I have JUST the tea for you:

Nina's Marie Antoinette Tea


This blend is made in France using the roses and apples grown in the Versailles palace garden. Omigosh! If that's not tea fit for royal-tea, I don't know what is. Plus it comes in that gorgeous pink tin. Talk about a perfect gift for any tea-lover.
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Hello From The Other Side

Jul. 13th, 2025 01:30 pm
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It's the first good spring-weather weekend of the year, and OF COURSE my husband is in bed sick with bad stomach pain and a terrible headache, and OF COURSE a batch of kids is now outside, running up and down the sidewalk in front of our windows, making everything worse. I toss on some shoes and head outside.
Me: "Hey, guys!"

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Vapid Vaping

Jul. 13th, 2025 01:00 pm
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A customer walks in, takes one look around, and immediately starts vaping. It's a big cloud and smells like peach and burnt battery.
Me: "Sir, we don’t allow smoking or vaping in the store."
Customer: "It’s not smoking. It’s vaping. Different!"

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Jul. 13th, 2025 12:45 pm
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My husband was going to put virus protection on my new Ipad. Husband “I need your passcode” Before I could answer our son chimes in Son “Haha,you probably don’t even remember do you? We told you to write it down.” Me *prattles off six numbers. Son “How did you remember that?} Husband “it’s probably got […]

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Jul. 13th, 2025 12:15 pm
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I mod for streamers on Twitch and on Discord. While most of them are smaller, community game-focused streamers, one was a partner who built up a community playing community games and being a safe, open, and caring place to hang out in. Every Friday, they would do an Afterhours hangout in Discord after that day’s […]

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Jul. 13th, 2025 11:45 am
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(We’re using a church sanctuary for a dance rehearsal. One of my castmates, his girlfriend, and I are the first people to walk into the sanctuary and the lights are still out.) Me: (jokingly) Let there be light! (The lights immediately flicker on.) Castmate: Whoa. (to his girlfriend) [My name] is magical! (The girlfriend stared […]

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Jul. 13th, 2025 11:30 am
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I used to sub at a primary school in the southern part of Sweden. One of the other subs was from the northern parts of Sweden from a fairly major town. She was also a vegetarian. This is one of many humorous conversations I overheard from the kids during my time at that school. Kid […]

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Jul. 13th, 2025 11:00 am
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This takes place when I’m a preteen, over several years. When I was around six, a level 3 sex offender moved onto my street. My mom was very diligent in warning me and my two younger brothers to stay far, far away from him. Flash forward to me taking swimming lessons. I get through level […]

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Jul. 13th, 2025 10:30 am
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I’m the customer. I’ve just gone on a food assistance program, and when I get my card I haven’t eaten for days. There are premade foods including burritos. Some are cold and some are under a heat lamp, but otherwise the exact same. It’s winter so I take the warm one. The cashier won’t sell […]

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Jul. 13th, 2025 10:00 am
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I have Tourrettes syndrome. Most of the time I get a lot of the same responses but if you say something original, I will generally let you have it. Here are some of my favorites. #1. Me: “Yip, yip!” Them: “Oh s***, where are my car keys?!” #2. Me: *inhales deeply and throws my head […]

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Jul. 13th, 2025 09:30 am
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MY best friend and I had a joke that two boys in our grade were in a gay relationship. It was not mean spirited, as neither of us have any issue with gay people and both have multiple friends who are. We were both good friends with both of the guys we had the joke […]

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Jul. 13th, 2025 09:00 am
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I’m the odd one out in my family. Despite being the oldest of my four siblings and from the same parents, I’ve just never really been like them. For instance, I am 4’11”, my younger sister is 5’3″, my brother 5’9″, and my baby sister 5’7″. I am the only one who cannot whistle and […]

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Jul. 13th, 2025 08:30 am
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Me: Suicide Prevention Hotline. My name is (name). Caller: Hello? Can you hear me? Me: Yes, I can hear you. How can help? Caller: I need to pay my PG&E (power) bill. Me: I’m sorry; you need help paying your bill? Are you needing help coming up with money to pay the bill? Caller: No! […]

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Jul. 13th, 2025 08:00 am
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I am on the phone talking to my sister in Telugu for almost 6 minutes while waiting for the bus. When I finish the call, another guy who was waiting at the bus stop the whole time comes up to me and starts talking to me rapidly in Spanish. I tell him the only Spanish […]

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Produce-ing A Fine Young Worker

Jul. 12th, 2025 11:00 pm
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I was just restocking bell peppers when I noticed a kid, couldn’t have been more than seventeen, standing by the zucchinis. They looked overwhelmed.
Me: "You okay there?"
Young Customer: "I, uh… I just needed, like… food. Real food. But I don’t know what half this stuff even is."

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Wine-ing And Winding Down For Bed

Jul. 12th, 2025 09:00 pm
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I’m scanning items when a little boy, maybe five, helps unload the cart with surprising efficiency.
Me: "Wow, you’re such a good helper for Mommy!"
Boy: *Dead serious.* "I have to! Mommy says she has to get home for wine o'clock!"

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Jul. 12th, 2025 06:05 pm
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(I am known for being obsessed with emo bands and I even wore a band t-shirt for a famous emo band on our non-uniform day. This happens when my form tutor is talking about mods and rockers.) Form tutor: “…like Goths or Emos…” Entire class: *turns and looks at me*

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